LiHO
Lithium hydroxide · Lithium hydrate
Lithium hydroxide is a stable, insulating inorganic compound widely used as a critical precursor in the production of lithium-ion battery materials and industrial chemicals.
About Lithium hydroxide
Lithium hydroxide is a thermodynamically stable member of the lithium oxide class, characterized by its wide-gap insulating electronic structure. It serves as a fundamental building block in inorganic chemistry, valued for its reactivity and stability in various synthetic environments.
Beyond its fundamental chemical properties, this compound is essential for the production of high-performance materials. Its role as a precursor in the synthesis of lithium-based compounds makes it a cornerstone of modern electrochemical applications and industrial manufacturing processes.
Key Properties
Cross-validated computational properties for Lithium hydroxide, aggregated across 4 databases.
Band GapEnergy needed to move an electron from the valence band to the conduction band. Lower or zero values tend to behave more metallic; larger gaps are more insulating or semiconducting.
Energy Above HullThermodynamic distance from the most stable set of competing phases. 0 eV/atom is on the convex hull; small positive values may still be experimentally accessible.
StabilityA plain-language summary of the best reported energy-above-hull result. It reflects whether the lowest-energy structure is on, near, or far from the stability hull.
StructuresCount of reported calculated crystal structures for this formula, including alternate polymorphs, source databases, and observed space groups.
Applications
Where Lithium hydroxide is used.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Lithium hydroxide, answered from cross-validated data.
What is LiHO?
Lithium hydroxide is a stable, insulating inorganic compound widely used as a critical precursor in the production of lithium-ion battery materials and industrial chemicals.
What is LiHO used for?
What is the band gap of LiHO?
Is LiHO a metal, semiconductor, or insulator?
Is LiHO thermodynamically stable?
How many polymorphs of LiHO are known?
What elements does LiHO contain?
Where does the data for LiHO come from?
How It Compares
Within the lithium oxides class.
Unlike the complex transition metal oxides in its class such as LiNiO2, LiCoO2, or LiMn2O4, which are primarily utilized for their electrochemical activity in battery cathodes, LiHO functions as a simpler, highly reactive chemical precursor. While Li2O represents the binary oxide baseline for the class, LiHO provides unique handling and solubility characteristics that distinguish it from the more structurally complex silicates and titanates like Li4SiO4 or Li2TiO3.
Related Compounds
Other Lithium Oxides in the database.
Data sources & attribution
- latticegraph — Lattice Graph Materials Intelligence Platform
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